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Jun 13, 05, 4:05 pm
Japanese Man Charged With Creating Fake Yahoo! Japan Site
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
June 13, 2005 7:43 a.m.
TOKYO (AP)--Police Monday arrested a Japanese man for allegedly setting up a phony Internet portal Web site to lure victims into giving up personal data, an official said.
Kazuma Yabuno, a 42-year-old office worker in the western city of Osaka, was taken into custody and accused of violating copyright and unauthorized access laws, a Tokyo Metropolitan Police official said.
Yabuno allegedly defrauded users with his phony Yafoo! Japan site, which closely resembled - and has the same pronounciation in Japanese as - that of popular Net portal and auction site operator Yahoo! Japan (4689.TO), the official said.
Police were investigating whether Yabuno, who reportedly confessed, came up with the scam to steal credit card information and other sensitive information, a form of identity theft called phishing.
Yabuno launched the Japanese-language site from a personal computer in February and managed it from computers at work and home, the official said. About 20 to 30 unsuspecting users visited the look-alike site weekly, he said.
Link (http://online.wsj.com/article/1,,BT-CO-20050613-001862,00.html?mod=INDUSTRY) to full story.
The best part is the 20-30 users coming back weekly. I bet they're from Indiana.
YaaaaaaaaaaaaFooooooooooooooo-oooooooooooo.
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
June 13, 2005 7:43 a.m.
TOKYO (AP)--Police Monday arrested a Japanese man for allegedly setting up a phony Internet portal Web site to lure victims into giving up personal data, an official said.
Kazuma Yabuno, a 42-year-old office worker in the western city of Osaka, was taken into custody and accused of violating copyright and unauthorized access laws, a Tokyo Metropolitan Police official said.
Yabuno allegedly defrauded users with his phony Yafoo! Japan site, which closely resembled - and has the same pronounciation in Japanese as - that of popular Net portal and auction site operator Yahoo! Japan (4689.TO), the official said.
Police were investigating whether Yabuno, who reportedly confessed, came up with the scam to steal credit card information and other sensitive information, a form of identity theft called phishing.
Yabuno launched the Japanese-language site from a personal computer in February and managed it from computers at work and home, the official said. About 20 to 30 unsuspecting users visited the look-alike site weekly, he said.
Link (http://online.wsj.com/article/1,,BT-CO-20050613-001862,00.html?mod=INDUSTRY) to full story.
The best part is the 20-30 users coming back weekly. I bet they're from Indiana.
YaaaaaaaaaaaaFooooooooooooooo-oooooooooooo.